What is project-red-ep91???

Welcome to my detailed 'project-red-ep91' blog.

First things first, what is the project all about?

Its a Toyota Starlet build that I have spent two years building and is approaching completion in the up and coming months ahead.

The name of the project reflects the model and colour of my starlet.

EP91 is the chassis code and red is its colour.

In all reality the project was never meant to be a project. I just needed a car to drive about, and like most people I saw many 'Glanza' running about and I loved the look of them and wanted to enquire more. Finding out that they were a 1.3 turbo excited me.

Scouring through the autotrader I saw many examples, some Glanzas, GT Turbos (older shape) and UK Starlets.

Not being able to afford turbo insurance at the time, I decided to find a low mileage UK spec starlet so that I could further improve my driving and build up some no claims before I made the jump.

As I continued progressing deeper and deeper into the project I no longer had the desire to buy a Glanza and wanted to continue my project which I had built from scratch and end up with something unique and different from the crowd regardless of engine power.

Throughout my journey thus far I have met many like-minded people and have become a big part of a decent community of fellow starlet owners thanks to the excellent enthusiast forums on the internet. My enthusiasm for the project and the scene has seen me become a big part of www.ukstarletclub.com by becoming a supermoderator, not a position for just anybody.

There is a huge following of these cars throughout the world, almost a cult car in a sense. The starlet is a lightweight hot hatch but it has so much potential when modified and set up right.

Its very much like any following really, but when you progress so far into something such as an automotive project you become part of it and you become more deeply attached.

Today the project continues...